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Regional Report: Buncombe Co., North Carolina, USA

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  • Actinolite - 5
  • Albite - 17, 4, 8
  • 'Albite-Anorthite Series' - 17
  • 'Allanite' - 4, 43
  • Almandine - 41, 3, 5
  • 'Andesine' - 25, 41, 39, 10
  • Antigorite - 10
  • 'Apatite' - 5
  • Apatite-(CaF) - 25, 41, 39
  • 'Aquamarine' - 10
  • 'Asbestos' - 31, 49, 50
  • Augite - 52
  • Baryte - 10
  • Beryl - 4
  • Biotite - 25, 41, 39, 4, 49, 5
  • 'Bronzite' - 3
  • Calcite - 10, 5
  • 'Chalcedony' - 17, 2, 31, 50
  • Chalcopyrite - 41
  • 'Chlorite Group' - 17, 41, 5
  • Chloritoid - 10
  • Chromite - 17, 15, 31, 33, 49, 50, 52
  • 'Chrysolite' - 10
  • 'Chrysoprase' - 10
  • Chrysotile - 17
  • 'Clay' - 29
  • Clinozoisite - 30
  • Columbite - 4
  • Corundum - 23, 4
  • Dravite - 41, 39
  • Enstatite - 52
  • Epidote - 43
  • 'Feldspar Group' - 44
  • Forsterite - 52
  • Galena - 10
  • 'Garnet Group' - 17, 4
  • 'Garnierite' - 31, 49, 50, 52
  • Gedrite - 41
  • Goethite - 5
  • Gold - 10
  • Graphite - 44, 23
  • 'Gummite' - 41
  • Halloysite - 1, 2
  • 'Heliodor' - 44
  • Hematite - 10, 5
  • Hercynite - 41
  • 'Hornblende' - 41, 49, 5
  • Ilmenite - 42, 53, 5
  • Iron - 10
  • 'K Feldspar' - 2, 15, 24, 38, 46
  • Kaolinite - 8
  • Kyanite - 23, 25, 41, 39, 4, 5
  • Limonite - 10
  • Löllingite - 35
  • Magnetite - 17, 47, 53, 5
  • 'Margarodite' - 4
  • 'Mica Group' - 12
  • Microcline - 5
  • 'Monazite' - 25, 53
  • Monazite-(Ce) - 25
  • 'Moonstone' - 17, 10
  • Muscovite - 17, 25, 41, 39, 4, 8, 11, 5
  • NĂ©pouite - 10
  • Nickeline - 10
  • 'Oligoclase' - 5
  • 'Olivine' - 17, 41, 15, 31, 33, 49, 50
  • Orthoclase - 8, 11
  • 'Orthopyroxene Subgroup' - 41
  • Pentlandite - 41
  • Pyrite - 5
  • Pyrrhotite - 41
  • Quartz - 17, 44, 23, 25, 41, 39, 30, 2, 5
  • Rutile - 41, 5
  • 'Sapphire' - 10
  • Schorl - 44, 25, 41, 39
  • 'Serpentine Group' - 17, 10
  • Sillimanite - 41, 5
  • Spessartine - 25, 41, 39
  • Spinel - 17, 10
  • Talc - 17, 15, 31, 49, 50
  • Titanite - 5
  • 'Tourmaline' - 4
  • Tremolite - 17
  • Troilite - 10
  • Vermiculite - 17, 31, 50
  • Xenotime-(Y) - 25, 41
  • Zircon - 25, 41, 53, 5


  • 87 minerals listed.

    Locality Key
    1Alexander Mine, Buncombe Co., North Carolina, USA
    2Arrowood Mine (Corner Spar Mine), Buncombe District, Buncombe Co., North Carolina, USA
    3Asheville, Buncombe Co., North Carolina, USA
    4Balsam Gap Mine, Buncombe Co., North Carolina, USA
    5Beaucatcher Mountain roadcut, Asheville, Buncombe Co., North Carolina, USA
    6Bee Tree Pit, Buncombe Co., North Carolina, USA
    7Black Mountain Prospect, Buncombe Co., North Carolina, USA
    8Brushy Mountain Mine, Buncombe Co., North Carolina, USA
    9Buff Clay Mine, Buncombe Co., North Carolina, USA
    10Buncombe Co., North Carolina, USA
    11Burnet Mine, Buncombe Co., North Carolina, USA
    12Burton Mica Prospect, Buncombe District, Buncombe Co., North Carolina, USA
    13Cane Creek-Brush Creek Occurrence, Buncombe Co., North Carolina, USA
    14Christ School Quarry, Buncombe Co., North Carolina, USA
    15Democrat Olivine Deposit (Democrat Chromite Prospect; T Mine; Democrat Chromite Placer Deposit; ITS; Ivy River-Democrat Chromite Deposit), Canton-Democrat, Buncombe Co., North Carolina, USA
    16Enka Quarry, Buncombe Co., North Carolina, USA
    17Goldsmith Mine, Democrat, Buncombe Co., North Carolina, USA
    18Gravelly Creek Quarry, Buncombe Co., North Carolina, USA
    19Groves Lake Quarry A, Buncombe Co., North Carolina, USA
    20Groves Lake Quarry B, Buncombe Co., North Carolina, USA
    21Lake Eden Mine, Buncombe Co., North Carolina, USA
    22Leicester Chromite Prospect, Buncombe Co., North Carolina, USA
    23Lookout Mt, Montreat, Buncombe Co., North Carolina, USA
    24Lovin Feldspar Mine, Buncombe Co., North Carolina, USA
    25Meeper Mine, Pisgah National Forest, Buncombe Co., North Carolina, USA
    26Mica Prospect (MRDS - 10126577), Buncombe Co., North Carolina, USA
    27Mine No. 1, Buncombe Co., North Carolina, USA
    28Mine No. 2, Buncombe Co., North Carolina, USA
    29Moland-Drysdale Brick Corporation Clay Pit, Buncombe Co., North Carolina, USA
    30Montreat, Buncombe Co., North Carolina, USA
    31Morgan Hill Chromite Prospect (Morgan Hill Church Prospect), Buncombe Co., North Carolina, USA
    32N. C. Dept. of Transportation Stone Quarry, Buncombe Co., North Carolina, USA
    33Newfound Gap Olivine Deposit, Canton-Democrat, Buncombe Co., North Carolina, USA
    34Pinner Creek Quarry, Buncombe Co., North Carolina, USA
    35Pisgah National Forest, Buncombe Co., North Carolina, USA
    36Quarry (MRDS - 10175084), Buncombe Co., North Carolina, USA
    37Robinson Creek Quarry, Buncombe Co., North Carolina, USA
    38Stocksville Mica Mine (J. M. Buckner), Buncombe District, Buncombe Co., North Carolina, USA
    39Swan Prospect, Buncombe Co., North Carolina, USA
    40Swannanoa River Occurrence, Buncombe Co., North Carolina, USA
    41Thomas Mine (Balsam Gap kyanite location; Parkway kyanite location), Buncombe Co., North Carolina, USA
    42Titanium Occurrence (MRDS - 10026482), Buncombe Co., North Carolina, USA
    43Unnamed Allanite Occurrence (MRDS - 10026484), Buncombe Co., North Carolina, USA
    44Unnamed Beryl Prospect, Black Mountain, Buncombe Co., North Carolina, USA
    45Unnamed Feldspar Mine (MRDS - 10026460), Southern Nofat Mountain, Buncombe Co., North Carolina, USA
    46Unnamed Feldspar Sample Locality Occurrence (MRDS - 10026311), Buncombe Co., North Carolina, USA
    47Unnamed Magnetite Occurrence (MRDS - 10026456), Buncombe Co., North Carolina, USA
    48Unnamed Marble Occurrence (MRDS - 10026295), Buncombe Co., North Carolina, USA
    49Unnamed Sample Locality & Nearby Trench Occurrence (Part of Democrat Olivine Body Dunite; MRDS - 10026478), Buncombe Co., North Carolina, USA
    50Unnamed Sample Locality Occurrence (Part of Democrat Olivine Body Dunite; MRDS - 10026473), Democrat, Buncombe Co., North Carolina, USA
    51Vermiculite Prospect (MRDS - 10224216), Buncombe Co., North Carolina, USA
    52Western North Carolina Nickel Laterite Occurrence (TES), Buncombe Co., North Carolina, USA
    53Wilson Road Occurrence, Buncombe Co., North Carolina, USA

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